Bishop Peter Abir Antonysamy

Bishop of Sultanpet, India

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
7 Apr 1952		Born
1 May 1979	27.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Pondicherry and Cuddalore, India
28 Dec 2013	61.7	Appointed	Bishop of Sultanpet, India
16 Feb 2014	61.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Sultanpet, India
27 Jan 2021	68.8	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Pondicherry and Cuddalore, India
29 Apr 2022	70.0	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Pondicherry and Cuddalore, India

MicroData Summary
Peter Abir Antonysamy
Bishop Peter Abir Antonysamy
(born 7 Apr 1952)
Bishop of Sultanpet

Ad Limina - September 2019: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Sathipattu
Ordained Bishop Indira Gandhi, Stadium, Palakkad

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Sultanpet.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Salvatore Pennacchio
Titular Archbishop of Montemarano
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Francis Kallarakal
Archbishop of Verapoly
Bishop Thomas Aquinas Lephonse
Bishop of Coimbatore

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Salvatore Pennacchio (1999)
Titular Archbishop of Montemarano
Pope John Paul II (1958)
(St. Karol Józef Wojtyła †)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop Bolesław Twardowski † (1919)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901)
Archbishop of Lviv
Bishop Jan Maurycy Pawel Puzyna z Kosielsko † (1886)
Bishop of Kraków
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861)
Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839)
Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina
Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Leo XII (1794)
(Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga †)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q15840019

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 28 Dec 2013
ob/c2+: CB, 14 Jan 2014
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 217, Number 18,101
ab: CB, 27 Jan 2021

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